Downton Abbey Mania!

Sunday night I sat engrossed in front of the TV watching the premier event of the year. The first episode of (drumroll please) Downton Abbey Season Three! Anyone who’s read my blog knows I’m just a wee bit obsessed with the show!  I had a blast watching it. I won’t give away any spoilers in case you haven’t caught it yet, but I thought, in honor of Season 3, wouldn’t it be fun to do some Edwardian/Downton era trivia?

Below are eight questions and all you have to do is answer them to be entered into a drawing for the possibility of winning one of TWO  awesome Downton Abbey/Edwardian prize packages.  The first prize consists of the latest TV Guide Winter preview issue with the Downton cover plus a great article about the show (this is sure to be a collector’s item), then to complete your Downton look we have a pair of long white opera/evening gloves, a Downtonesque pearl necklace, and a lace shawl. This will ensure you “look the part” at your next party or for next week’s episode.  The second prize package includes the same book listed above with a beautiful Downtonesque broach and another pair long white opera/evening gloves. How fun, huh??

 If you get all eight questions right, I’ll give you two entries into the drawing. Next Monday I’ll announce the two winners plus the answers to the trivia questions with additional background information into Edwardian/Downton life, in the process.

 So let’s get started!

QUESTIONS:

 1 – Why couldn’t Lady Mary inherit Downton?

            A – Because she wasn’t old enough.

            B – Because she wasn’t married.
            C – Because she wasn’t a male.

 2– Who is the highest ranking male servant in an Edwardian country house?

            A – The footman.

            B – The butler.
            C – The valet.

 3 – The Edwardian era got its name from King Edward VII. Which year did he become king?

            A – 1887

            B – 1904
            C – 1902

 4– Who currently lives at Highclere Castle? (This is the castle Downton is filmed at)

            A – The Earl of Carnarvon

            B – The Duke of Marlborough
            C – The Earl of Grantham

 5 – How many times a day would an Edwardian lady change her clothes?

            A – 3

            B – 5
            C – 6

 6– Lady Grantham is an American heiress who traded her cash for a countess’s coronet. One of the most famous American heiresses was...

            A – Margaret Greenville

            B – Consuelo Vanderbilt
            C – Daisy Arlington

 7 – In the year 1912, changes were happening everywhere. What new invention is brought to        Downton in Season 1?

            A – A telephone.

            B – A refrigerator.
            C – A toaster.

 8 – Which of these quotes is attributed to the Dowager Countess?

            A – What is a weekend?

            B – Now put that in your pipe and smoke it!
            C - No man wants to kiss a girl in black.
            D – All of the above.

 

INSTRUCTIONS AND PRIZES!!

Leave your answers 1-8 in your comment, along with your email address so I can contact you if you win. Drawing ends Friday at 8pm. Here are photos of our lovely prizes and we’ll see you back here on Monday for the answers and winners and some more insight into life in Edwardian England!

 

Happy Downton watching!

---Amanda

 

 





 

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!  This week on Thursday the 10^th, I will be hosting MaryLu Tyndal on this blog, plus giving away a copy of her recent novel, Veil of Pearls, one of my favorite books of 2012. MaryLu is an amazing author and we’ll be having lots of fun talking about movie soundtracks, character casting and maybe a pirate or two!